Bottle



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- G. S. AXPORD 82; E. J. LAMBERTSON.

BOTTLE.

No. 566,733. Patented Sept. 1, 1896.

IITTOHNEVJT UNITED STATES PATENT GEORGE S. AXFOBD AND ELMER J.LAMBERTSON, OF ROCHESTER, MICHIGAN.

BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 566,733, datedSeptember 1, 1896.

Application filed January 6, 1898. Serial No. 574mm No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that we,GEORGE SAXFORD and Emma J. LAMBERTSON, citizens ofthe United States, and residents of Rochester, in the county of Oaklandand State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Bottles, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings,forming a part thereof, in whichsimilar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to bottles, jugs, jars, and similar vessels; andthe object thereof is to provide a vessel of this class which, havingbeen once filled and emptied, cannot be refilled or reused withoutleaving evidence of the fact. This object we accomplish by means of aneck attachment or supplemental stopper and a peculiarly-constructedneck, said parts being constructed and arranged in such manner that whenthe vessel has been filled and the neck attachment or supplementalstopper applied the vessel can only be emptied by breaking off a portionof the neck, in which is located the attachment or supplemental support.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings forms a part, in which- Figure 1 is acentral vertical section of the upper part of a bottle or other vesselprovided with our improvement, and Fig. 2 a side view of thesupplemental support.

In the practice of our invention we provide a bottle or other vessel A,having a neck B, which is adapted to be closed in the usual manner by acork or stopper C.

The neck 13 is provided at its upper end with an enlargement D, by meansof which the chamber cl is formed, and above the enlarged portion D theneck is substantially cylindrical in form, and the inner walls thereofbeing slightly contracted from the upper end thereof downwardly, andformed at a predetermined distance below the end of the nozzle or neckis an annular outwardly-directed shoulder or projection E, the lowerwalls of which are inclined downwardly and inwardly and by means ofwhich a similar annular chamber is formed within the neck.

The neck attachment orsupplemental stopper consists of a plug G, whichis slightly conical in form and adapted to closely fit within the upperportion of the neck, and said plug is provided with a longitudinal central slot 9/, which opens at the lower end, and passing therethroughnear the lower end is a pin or bolt g on which is wound a spring K, theends of which project upwardly and outwardly, so as to form spring-arms71:, which are adapted to enter the annular chamberF, as shown in Fig.1, when the plug Gis forced into the neck.

In this class of devices the bottle or vessel must first be filledbefore the stopper and the neck attachment are applied, and theoperation will be readily understood from the foregoing description whentaken in connection with the accompanying drawings. The vessel havingbeen filled with the desired contents, the neck 13, or the lower portionthereof, is closed by the stopper G, which is inserted in the usualmanner, after which the plug or stopper G is forced into the neck on tilthe spring-arms 7c of the spring K expand into the annular chamber F,and in this position of said arms it will be impossible to withdraw theplug G.

\Vhen it is desired to empty the bottle or vessel, the upper portion ofthe neck is broken off at the annular enlargement D, this annularenlargement being preferably much thinner than the rest of the neck inorder to facilitate this operation, after which the stopper 0 may beremoved in the usual manner. YVe may also place upon the upper portionof the neck a trade-mark or the name of the proprietor or manufacturerof the contents of the bottle, together with other descriptive matterrelating to the construction of the bottle or vessel and the objectthereof, and it will thus be seen that we accomplish the object of ourinvention by means of a device which is simple in construction andoperation, and one which does not add materially to the cost of thearticle.

Having fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. A bottle having a neck the lower portion ofwhich is adapted to be closed with an ordinary stopper, the upperportion of the neck having a conical chamber formed therein with aprojecting annular shoulderatthe top thereof, a plug adapted to befitted into said chamber, said plug having in its lower end a verticaltransverse slot in which is a transverse rod, and a spring fixedcentrally on said rod with its arms extending upward along the sides ofthe plug to make contact with the said annular neck-shoulder, allconstructed and arranged substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination with a bottle provided with a neck having a conicalchamber formed therein with a projecting annular shoulder at the topthereof, and with a lower enlarged spherical chamber, of a plug adaptedto be fitted into said chamber, said plug having in its lower end avertical, transverse slot in which is a transverse rod about which iscentrally fixed a spring with its arms extending upward along the sidesof the plug to make contact with the said annular neck-shoulder, and astopper in the lower end of said neck, all constructed and arrangedsubstantially as herein shown and described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention we have signedour names, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 2d day ofJanuary, 1896.

GEORGE S. AXFORD. ELMER J. LAMBERTSON. Witnesses:

G. J. SMITH, FRANK HALL.

